The recovery of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s surgically-repaired elbow might the best second most important thing in the state of Pennsylvania right now. But to combine the two big events, when Roethlisberger spoke to Post-Gazette reporter Ron Cook, he hinted that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, timelines for offseason workouts could get pushed back.
“I’ll gradually ramp up the number of days and the throws and the distance and the velocity,” Roethlisberger said. “I really feel like I could let it rip right now if I had to, but what’s the point? There’s no need for me to rush it. Our goal was for me to be 80, 90, 100% by OTAs and minicamp. Now that it looks like those things are going to be canceled [because of the COVID-19 pandemic], I can take my time a little more.”
There has been no official word from the league about OTAs for minicamp but at this point, no one should be surprised if they did get moved.
